The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-03-04
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL = "

toVed CITIZEN Oh aterUo Wn, Is dead.
Gov. Church dominates P. A. Nc
Clure of Pierre to be territorial com.
missioner of immigration. He will
nominate Alex Griggs, Abe Boynton
and n. r. Smith to be railroad com
miSSioners.
At Sioux Falls, Willard Collins, aged
eight years, was shot dead by his
brother, aged eleven years.
The long disputed settlement be-
tween Grant and Roberts counties
has been effected. Grant county &C.
,epts $4,000 as Roberts county's
share OF the old Indebtedness.
Congressman Clifford has laid before
the house a petition from the grand
lodge OF Good Templars, representing
5000 members of the order, asking
that the right to vote upon the liquor
question be granted to the District OF
Columbia. ... ....s
Washington special: 1t is whisper
I'd here that there is trouble brewing
1T the White House for Territorial
Secretary Mccormack of Dakota. 1t
is reported that he may be asked for
his resignation. Among several alieg.
cd grounds for dissatisfaction it is re-
ported that the president is offended
because Mccormack, while acting as
governor ad interim for q few days,
issued a pardon to one McGill, He
thinks this an understandable as
sumption of power, and discourteous
to the incoming governor.
Mr.. James A. Haight of ST. Paul
and Miss Nellie Pierce, daughter OF
ex-Gov. Pierce, were married at the
residence OF the brides parents in
Bismarck. Nearly two hundred peo-
pie attended the wedding reception,
and the friends of the bride and groom
showered presents upon them without
number. The bridal party left for st.
Paul where Mr.. and Mrs. Haight will
take up their home.
Sixteen thousand out Of the 25,-
900 bushels of wheat in the Minneap-
oils elevator, was burned. Church's
Ferry will be saved, but in adamaged
condition. The elevator will be rebuilt
vt once.
At Watertown, Harry Thompson
and Mrs. Ida Henderson were held for
trial for adultery.
The acreage in wheat in Sargent
county for 1887 will be over one-third
larger than that of last year.
Alfred Fischer was bound over to
the district on q charge of obtaining
money under alsepretenses. Hegave
q chattle mortgage on a tree claim for
$50.
Mcdonald & Ensign's general store
and postofice at Cando, Towner
county, caught fire and the building
and stock were entirely consumed,
Loss, $4,000; insurance $4,000.
Preparations have actively begun
Tor the iremen's tournament at
Mitchell in June. At q meeting the
bicycle club, numbering over twenty
members, decided to cooperate with
the iremen.
Notice OF a suit has been Eerved on
the officers of Sphinx county contest.
ing the validity of the removal of the
county seat from Ashton to Redfield.
The election returns, it is alleged, bore
Indications of gross frauds.
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At Highmore, water of good quail
lty has been struck in the artesian
well, and q fine, flowing stream secur-
ed at a depth of 1,540 feet.
The Watertown National bank will
erect a building in early spring cost.
ing $40,0 600 or $50,0O0.
For nearly six months Judge Nc.
Connell has been constantly in court,
opening at 8 O'Clock in the morning
and not adjourning until 8 in the after
noon, except a short interval at noon,
and part OF the time holding late even.
ing sessions in the endeavor to attend
to the litigation of q population equal
to districts IN Minnesota where there
are three judges. His friendsf fear shat
his health is being broken by the
strain. He was taken i'll at Fargo.
In a trial before justice OF the
peace at Lead City. during the tern.
porary absence Of the court, the plain
tiff whipped the defendant while the
attorneys kept the crowd back so they
could fight. The court then returned
and the trial proceeded,